Boot and shoe



Dec. 25, 1945. 5. J. JARRELL 2,391,707

BOOT AND SHOE Filed April 26, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 amt/14M S. J. JARRELL BOOT AND SHOE Dec. 25, 1945.

Filed April 26, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 25, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOOT AND SHOE Sanford J. J arrell, Norfolk, Va. Application April 26, 1945, Serial No. 590,467

3 Claims.

My invention relates to footwear, and more particularly to footwear having special means for protecting the lower ends of trousers from becoming wet or soiled. It is well known that the use of ordinary rubber shoes to keep the feet dry does not prevent the necessity of turning up the pants to keep them from being soiled by the spattering of mud and water, and-that such turning produces creases and destroys the shape of the lower ends of the pants. The turning up may be obviated by the use of rubber and other boots with longer or shorter legs, but with these also it is impossible to maintain the proper shape and contour of the pants, as the same are soiled and folded, creased and rumpled to fit the shape and movements of the confining boot leg.

The object of my invention is to provide improved footwear so designed as to protect the lower ends of the trousers from wear and wet, and from being soiled and spattered, and at the same time to maintain their proper shape and contour.

To this end my invention comprises a boot or shoe having a leg portion designed to receive and enclose the lower end of the trousers in its normal, unfolded condition, and also having means whereby the heel of the wearer is spaced from'the inner rear portion of the boot or shoe, to provide a channel in which the lower edge of the trousers may lie.

The invention may be embodied in bootwear constructed either as a boot or shoe to be worn in place of the usual shoe, or as an overshoe, to be worn over the conventional shoe. In the drawings I have illustrated the article as in the nature of an overshoe.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a boot or shoe made in accordance with my invention, the trouser legs being shown in phantom lines.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 3, the trouser legs and conventional shoe being shown in phantom lines.

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view showing the closure means in the rear of the boot.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, but showing a modified construction; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view similar to Figure 2, but showing a further modified arrangement.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my im- Proved boot or overshoe comprises the usual sole l, toe portion 2, and heel 3. Extending upwardly from the toe and heel portion is a top or leg portion 4. This is preferably made larger than the leg of the ordinary boot, and is of such size that the lower end of the trousers can be inserted therein without the necessity of folding or creasing the same. The leg portion 4 may be of any desired length, but is shown as relatively short.

Projecting upwardly from the inside of the heel portion 3 is, and preferably formed integral therewith, if the overshoe is made of rubber or the like, is a guard flange or wall 5, disposed substantially parallel with but spaced from the leg portion 4 so as to provide between itself and such leg portion a trough or channel 6, adapted to receive the lower end of the rear portion of the trousers, as indicated in broken lines at X. This upstanding flange or wall should be of approximately the same height as the heel portion of the conventional low shoe, shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, and should extend around the sides of such heel portion for a suitable distance. It should be sufliciently stiff to stand up around the shoe, while sufficiently flexible to frictionally grip the heel portion, after the manner of the ordinary overshoe.

To facilitate putting on and taking off my improved overshoe, I preferably provide the let with a longitudinal slit 1, closed by means of a slide-fastener or the like. This may be either at the rear, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, or at the front, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.

Although my improved shoe may be made of any suitable material, I prefer to construct it of rubber or rubber and fabric.

While in Figures 1 to 4 I have shown all parts of the overshoe as made in one piece, I may, if desired, form the leg portion separate from the toe and heel portion, and unite them in any suitable way, as shown in Figure 5.

r portion, said leg portion being of such size to receive the lower end of the usual trousers in normal condition, and a wall extending upwardly from the inside of the heel of the foot portion and spaced from the adjacent leg portion to provide a channel for the reception of the lower edge of the trousers.

3. An overshoe having a leg portion extending upwardly therefrom and adapted to enclose the 

